1.YES/NOThe piece is a minimum of 400 words.My word count is in parentheses beside my
name.

2.YES/NOI used paragraphs to show my shifting ideas.

3.YES/NOI used the correct MLA format for heading.

4.YES/NOI doublespaced the whole piece, and printed
it two-sided.

5.YES/NOInclude details from the fives senses.

6.YES/NOI used my Vocabulary Variety sheet for help
with strong word choice.

Reminder:The only
acceptable places to be on your computer today are as follows:

1.The blog

2.The sites/links on the blog

3.thesaurus.com or synonym.com finder

4.Google drive

5.Pandora/Groove Shark/iTunes (NOT youtube)

ØIf LAN School tells me you are any place else, you lose
half-credit on your daily assignment, which cannot be made up.

Memoir
Choice #1:What a Fright

ØThere’s
“fun scary” (walking through a haunted house, screaming through a horror movie,
riding a roller coaster) and then there’s “scary scary” (being in a car
accident, getting caught in the ocean’s riptide).

ØDescribe
the scariest experience you’ve ever had.Was it fun scary, or was it really terrifying?

Memoir Choice #2:Halloween Past

ØThink about your own
early Halloween costumes and rituals.

ØChoose a year and
describe what you wore, where you went, who you were with and what happened.

Memoir Choice
#3:Best/Worst Halloween

ØTell us
about your best/worst/favorite Halloween.

ØBring
us along into the story so that when we read it we feel like we lived it with
you.

After you
Finish and Print Your Memoir

1. Go to my blog.

2.Click
on the “Creative Writing Free Rice” link on the right side of the blog.